17 July 1999
No 428
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
5X - Tomo, JE9IKG, who was recently active as
JE9IKG/6O and 6O0A from Somaliland, now plans to operate (SSB
only) as 5X1JA from Uganda on 17 and 18 July. [TNX The Daily DX]
9A - Operators from the Croatian DXpedition
Group (9A-DXP-G) will be active as 9A0DX from Korcula Island
(EU-016, WWL JN82IW) between 23 July and 8 August. They will
operate on HF (10-80 metres), 50, 144, 432 and 1296 MHz (give a
look to http://ham2.irb.hr/9a0dx
for skeds) and will participate in the IOTA Contest. [TNX 9A3PA]
BY - Haikou is the main city on Hainan Island
(AS-094) and both BG7YB and BG7YC are fairly active from there.
Look for them between 14 and 18 UTC on 15 metres around
21400-21410 kHz. [TNX I4EAT]
CT - Jorge, F8BQQ reports he will be active
from Portugal as CT/F8BQQ (CW only) between 19 July and 8 August.
QSL via home call.
ES - Operators from Viimsi Radio Club (ES2WX)
will be active from Kihnu Island (EU-034) between 19 and 27 July.
Look for ES2WX/0, ES2RJ/0, ES2NA/0, ES2QH/0, ES1MW/0 and possibly
others to operate on 50, 144, 432 and 1296 MHz with some HF. They
will participate in the Estonian VUSHF Open Field Day (24-25
July) as ES0X. Further information is available at http://www.automaatika.ee/es2wx.
[TNX ES2NA]
F - Thierry, F5SNY will be active as F5SNY/p
from Molene Island (EU-065) betweem 18 and 21 July, then from
Belle Ile (EU-048) until July 29 (IOTA Contest included). [TNX
F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
G - The operation from St Mary's Island
(EU-011) is confirmed to take place between 22 and 29 July
[425DXN 405]. Look for Tom/G0PSE, Ian/G3KZR and Steve/G4EDG to be
active as GB0SM and G5M during the IOTA Contest.QSL via the
bureau or direct to G3WNI (Bill Lindsay-Smith, Way Close,
Madford, Hemyock, Collumpton, Devon EX15 3QY, England). Bureau
cards can be requested at tom@tctaylor.demon.co.uk
or g0pse@qsl.net and logs will
be available at www.islandchasers.com after the operation.
[TNX G0PSE]
HB9 - HB7OGR is the club callsign used
through the end of the year by the USKA branch of Rheintal to
celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Swiss national society. QSL
via HB9AAQ.
HH - According to the OPDX, Bill, W4WX has
cancelled his 13-19 July activity from Haiti [425DXN 427]
"due to very negative travel advisories".
HK - Gerard, F2JD/HK3JBR will be active as
HK3JBR/1 from Rosario Island (SA-040) between 17 and 20 July. QSL
via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
I - Walter, IN3XUG will be active as
IN3XUG/I3 from Albarella Island (IIA RO-002, not IOTA) between 15
and 27 July. QSL via home call. [TNX IN3XUG]
I - Weather permitting, Calabria DX Team will
be active from Scoglio Mantineo (IIA VV-004, not IOTA) on 25
July, from Scogli Le Formiche (IIA VV-???, not IOTA) on 1 August
and from Scoglio Arena (IIA VV-005, not IOTA) on 8 August. QSL
via IK8YFU. [TNX IK8YFU]
I - Aroldo, IF9ZRQ plans to be active from Il
Faraglione (IIA TP-013), in the Egadi Islands (EU-054) on 27-29
July. QSL via home call (Aroldo Bizzarri, Via Pietrevarate 11,
91010 Levanzo - TP, Italy). [TNX IF9ZRQ]
IS0 - Operators from ARI Carbonia will be
active from La Vacca (EU-165, IIA CA-004) on 18 and 25 July. [TNX
IS0YUJ]
KP4 - Carlos, WP4U will be active Culebra
Island, Puerto Rico (NA-099) between 23 and 27 July. The island
counts for the Worked Puerto Rico Island (WPRI) award. QSL via
WP4U. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - PP5LL, PT2HF, PT2NP, PY2HN and PY2PA
will be active on all bands, WARC included, as ZW2SS (SSB) and
ZY2SS (CW) from Sao Sebastiao Island (SA-028) between 21 or 22
July and the 25th. Both astations are expected to participate in
the IOTA Contest. QSL via PT2GTI. [TNX PT2NP]
SM - Special call (and new prefix) SI9AM will
be aired on 17-18 July during the opening of a Thai Pavilion,
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building, in Ragunda, Sweden (http://www.ragunda.se/).
This special station will be active on all bands CW and SSB from
time to time until September. QSL via SM3CVM. [TNX SM3CVM]
SV - Harald, DL7VSN is active as SV8/DL7VSN/p
from Mykonos Island (EU-067) until 26 July. He will participate
in the IOTA Contest. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
TF - Scout station TF1SS will be active until
20 July from the Jamboree at Ulfljotsvatn, about 50km east of
Reykjavik. QSL via bureau. [TNX TF3AO]
UA - Latest reports from Russia indicate that
the the Radio Club Vologda have changed their plans and the RF1O
operation from the Solovetskie Islands (EU-066) [425DXN 419] has
been cancelled. Now Vlad/UA1RG, Pavel/UA1QE and Mike/UA1QV will
be active as RF1P from Dolgy Island (EU-102). This activity
replaces the RI1OTA one announced in 425DXN 425. Operations are
expected to take place between 17 and 27 July, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via UA1RJ (Yuri Sinitso, Box 10, Vologda, 160035
Russia). [TNX UA1RJ]
UA - Vlad, RZ1OA and Dima, UA1OLM will be
active as RZ1OA/A from Lyasomin Island (EU-153) between 21 and 29
July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via RZ1OA (Vlad Sadakov, P.O.
Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA]
UA - Victor/RN1AW, Oleg/RV1CW and RA1ANP will
be active as UE1CIG from Gogland Island (EU-133) between 20 and
31 July. QSL via RN1AW either direct (Victor Tcarevsky, P.O.Box
114, St.Petersburg, Pushkin-8, 189620 Russia) or through the
bureau. [TNX RZ1AZ]
VE - Terry, VE7TLL confirms the IOTA
operation from Dundas Island (NA-118) [425DXN 419] will take
place between 22 and 26 July. Look for VE7TLL/p, VE7QCR/p,
VE7EDZ/p, VE7KDU/p and VE7GKH/p before and after the IOTA Contest
(QSL via home calls) and for VD7D durign the Contest (QSL via
VE7TLL: Terry Mitchell, P.O. Box 9, Tlell, BC V0T 1Y0, Canada).
They will have two rigs, two amplifiers, two tribanders, one
multiband vertical and wires for the low bands.
VK - Please note that Derek, F5VCR will be
using his Australian call (VK6DDU) during his and Mal's (VK6ISL)
17-19 July operation [425DXN 427] from Rottnest Island (OC-164).
[TNX VK6LC]
VK9_lh - IZ0BPI plans to operate (10, 15, 20,
40 and 80 metres SSB and CW) from Lord Howe (OC-004) between 17
and 22 July. QSL via IZ0BTY. [TNX IZ0BPI]
ZC4 - The club station will be active on the
second and fourth Wednesdays of each month (approximately between
19.30 and 23.00 Cyprus local time) from the Akrotiri Base
(AS-004) using ZC4RAF or ZC4ATC on either SSB or CW. QSL both
calls via 5B4YX. [TNX G3PMR and K1WY]
RSGB IOTA CONTEST (24-25 JULY) - The
following stations are expected to participate in this year's
event [see also 425DXN 405, 409, 411, 419, 421, 423, 424, 425,
426, 427 - a summary list will be published on Thursday, July
22nd]:
AS-012 - Yuki, JA6LCJ as JA6LCJ/6 from
Amakusa Archipelago. QSL via home call and log serach at http://www.nttl-net.ne.jp/ja6lcj/.
[TNX JA6LCJ]
AS-018 - UA0FZ as RS0F (CW and SSB) from
Sakhalin Island. QSL via W3HNK.
AS-099 - Berkin, TA3J as TA3J/0 from
Alibey Island. QSL via home call. [TNX TA3J]
AS-107 - The IOTA Contest operation from
Koh SiChang [425DXN 427] will feature two multi-mixed
mode stations, HS2AC (led by HS1CHB with JA operators)
and HS0AC/2 (led by HS1CKC with Thai/UK operators). After
the contest the groups will combine under the call HS2AC
until 28 July. QSL for callsigns via HS0/G3NOM either
direct (Ray Gerrard, P.O. Box 1300, Bangkok, 10112,
Thailand) or through the Thai bureau. [TNX HS0/G3NOM]
AS-113 - BV2KI, BV2KS, BV2NT, BV2PU,
BV2UJ and BV4ME from the Ma-Tsu Islands. The group will
be active on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY between 24 and 26
July. QSL via BV2KI. [TNX The Daily DX]
EU-057 - DH7NO, DL2RTK, DL2SWW and
DL2VFR from Ruden Island. [TNX The Daily DX]
EU-096 - OH1MDR, OH1NOA, and OH1MM as
OH0MDR/1 from Sandstrom Reef. QSL via OH1MDR. [TNX
OH1MDR]
EU-113 - SV1APA, SV1CAU, SV1DIM (YL
operator), SV1EDZ, SV1EEI, SV4FGD and SV4FGJ as home
call/SV8 from Kithira Island. QSL via bureau. [TNX
SV1APA]
EU-127 - Felix, DL8OBC as DL8OBC/p from
Helgoland Island, CW only. Before and after the contest
he will operate SSB as well. QSL via home call either
direct (Felix J. Riess, P.O. Box 1253, D-30984 Gehrden,
Germany) or through the bureau. [TNX DL8OBC]
EU-145 - Amateurs from Algarve DX Group
(CT1ASU, CT1ERY, CT1GFK, CT1GPQ, CT2GFJ and CT2GZL) as
CQ1C (SSB and CW) from Culatra Island. QSL via CT1GFK
either direct (Apartado 468, P-8700-914 Olhao, Portugal)
or through the bureau. [TNX CT1END]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ANNOBON 1999 ---> Tony Galiana, EA5BY
reports the 3C0R DXpedition to Annobon Island (AF-039) is
still scheduled to take place between 14 and 24 July. The
operators (3C1GS/Ramon, 3C1RV/Roberto, EA5BYP/Elmo and
EA5YN/Vic) have two goals: first of all to provide as
many stations as possible with a new DXCC entity, and
second to leave open doors for other possible
expeditions. One station will work RTTY, while the other
three will be on CW and SSB. QSL via EA5FVY (Angel Garcia
Mendoza, P.O. Box 3045, 03080 Alicante, Spain). Financial
assistance is sought for to meet the expenses - please
contact Tony at ea5by@jet.es
for further information.
PSK31 CONTEST ---> Sponsored by the
Chautauqua County Contest Club, it will take place
between 00.00 UTC and 23.59 UTC on on 4 September. For
further information please contact Andrew O'Brien, KB2EOQ
at obrienaj@netsync.net.
[TNX VK2SG RTTY DX Notes]
QSL VK4s ---> Laurie, VK4BLE (WIAQ
QSL Bureau Manager) reports that both VK4CEJ and VK4DZ do
not accept cards via the bureau. They addresses are John
Caine, P.O. Box 80, Laidley, 4341, QLD, Australia
(VK4CEJ) and Graeme Bracht, P.O. Box 24, Laidley, 4131,
QLD, Australia (VK4DZ).
QSL VIA G7BQY ---> Arthur, G7BQY is
the QSL manager for the following Scout special event
stations: GB2COS (since 1984), GB98CH (July-August 1998),
GB2CD (3-4 July 1999).
QSL VIA W3HC - Carl McDaniel, W3HC (2116
Reed Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-3904, USA) is QSL Manager for the following stations :
Carl also supplied cards for EP2HZ, VP8CEO, EP2MHB and
CO2OM (who became a Silent Key on 16 June), but he is no
longer their manager. He can still confirm contacts made
with CO2CL and ZS5ACW (both SKs) as the logs for his
stations are always open. For full information on the
W3HC QSL Fund please visit http://www.qsl.net/w3hc.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The logs for the recent 3V8DJ IOTA
operation from Djerba Island are now available at http://www.425dxn.org.
LOGS: The 1997 and 1998 logs for VK9LX
are now available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. [TNX N6RT]
NEW SITE: A newly born and useful site
devoted to amateur radio can be found at http://www.dxbands.com
- up to the moment amateur radio news, details on
DXpeditions, contests, "dx-diary" and links.
The e-mail address is news@dxbands.com.
[TNX G4KIU]
RADAMATO: The updated version of this
Italian callbook is now available at http://www.qsl.net/iz8ajq.
[TNX IZ8AJQ]
JY9NE Peter Dillon, AMEMB Amman, Unit
70200, Box 14, APO AE 09892, U.S.A. (QRZ-DX)
N6FD Frederick E.Deeg, P.O.Box 1694,
Anacortes, WA-98221, USA (425DXN427)
ND1V Rob Wright, 1409 Eaglestone Arch,
Chesapeake, VA-23322, USA (QRZ-DX)
OH1EH Ari Korhonen, Kreetalankatu 9 As
1, SF-29200 Harjavalta, Finland
OK2ZR Petr Klimosz, Bucovicka 18,
CZ-62700 Brno, Czech Republic
PT2HO Guto, P.O.Box 07903, Brasilia, DF,
70649-970, Brasil (DXNL1154)
RZ9MYL Radio Club Pulsar, P.O.Box 1742,
Omsk 644043, Russia (QRZ-DX)
UA6AF Victor Kravchenko, P.O.Box 33,
Novorossiysk-22, 353922, Russia (425DXN427)
UR5NX Konstantin Khokhlov, P.O.Box 8100,
Vinnitsa, 286050, Ukraine
VK2GJH Jack D.Haden, P.O.Box 299, Ryde,
NSW 2112, Australia (DXNL1153)
WA7ND Ex AH6HZ, Rick Conners, P.O.Box
4213, Sunriver, OR-97707, U.S.A. (DXNL1154)
YB0FMT Yon, P.O.Box 1234, Jakarta 11012,
Indonesia (DXNL1154)
YB0JAX Ir.John Andries, P.O.Box 599 CPA,
Jakarta 15401, Indonesia (DXNL1154)
YB4ZDZ ORARI Lokal Tanjungkarang Timur
Club Station,Box 234,Tanjungkarang, Bandar Lampung 3500,
Indonesia (DXNL1154)
YC0YSV R.M.Sidharto, P.O.Box 118, Bekasi
17011, Indonesia (DXNL1154)
YD0JVX Setianto Wirjotanojo, Jl. Kelapa
Gading Bulevard, Blok PA 11 No. 1, Jakarta Utara,
Indonesia (DXNL1154)
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